In observance of this year's Remembrance Day, I am working on the serious of posts dedicated to the men and women of Gillespie County wh...

After Otto von Donop 's death, Mina (Wilhelmina), his widow, married Otto von Plehwe. It happened on   26 January 1880. Mina's ...

Johann Jacob Arhelger   was born on 16 May 1796   in Rittershausen, Germany. His parents were Johann Jakob Arhelger (b. 1754/d. 1810) from B...